State News

Visitors from as far away as Australia are expected to head for southwest Iowa’s Madison County this coming weekend during the 50th annual Covered Bridge Festival. Heather Riley, executive director of the Madison County Chamber […]

The state of Iowa will use a U.S. Department of Justice grant to try a new approach to dealing with the impact of opioid addiction. Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP) director, Dale Woolery, […]

Lovers of guitars, music, woodworking and history will want to see (and hear) an exhibition  now open in eastern Iowa. “Medieval to Metal” is a collection of stringed instruments from the National Guitar Museum in […]

California Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris calls President Trump “a crook.” “He’s just a walking indictment in a red tie,” Harris said earlier this evening. But during an appearance  tonight in Ames Harris […]

Today is the annual “Anamosa Pumpkinfest and Ryan Norlin Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off.” Katie Gombert says the pumpkin weigh-off was started in 1989 to remember her brother after he died. She says her uncle Tom had […]

Lawmakers on the Iowa Senate Oversight Committee held a hearing today to look into recent break-ins at two county courthouses. The incidents allegedly involved the employees of a cybersecurity firm hired by the judicial branch. […]

The duck season is set to open this weekend and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports that access to several of their popular public wildlife management areas in southwest Iowa have been cut off […]

An estimated 3,000 people gathered in Iowa City today for a student-led climate action strike. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old from Sweden who spoke at the United Nations’ Climate Action Summit, spoke at the rally. She […]

Minnesota Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar today said President Trump should not get credit for offering “a vague promise to undo the damage” his administration’s oil industry waivers have done to the biofuels […]

Environmental Protection Agency  Administrator Andrew Wheeler released the details today of the Trump administration’s agreement on how much ethanol will be blended with gasoline. Wheeler says the agreement for what’s know as the Renewable Fuel […]

The owner of a gentleman’s steakhouse in Spencer is behind bars on multiple charges after being served with an arrest warrant during a Thursday afternoon traffic stop. Thirty-six-year-old Christopher Burg was taken into custody shortly […]

With the cool, crisp weather of October comes the increased risk of hitting an animal with your car. Iowa drivers rank fifth in the U.S. for the most animal collisions, according to the state’s largest […]

Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne says if investigations find President Trump abused his power, she’ll support moving forward with impeachment even if it damages her bid for re-election in 2020. “If the facts point that the […]

State officials have frozen tax incentives for a Sioux City pork processing plant due to an investigation of alleged mistreatment of foreigners recruited to work at the plant. Seaboard Triumph Foods was awarded $16.5 million […]

Republican Senator Joni Ernst on Thursday said it’s too early to say whether it was improper for President Trump to ask Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. “We […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved fines for two casinos today at their meeting in Waterloo. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko  says the Harrah’s Casino in Council Bluffs was fined for allowing an […]

After a third round of flooding hit southwest Iowa last month, Iowa Congressman Steve King met Wednesday with officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Missouri Valley. The goal was to find ways […]

A teenage climate change activist from Sweden says she’ll be in Iowa on Friday. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg has won global attention for her activism. Just Monday, she addressed the United Nations’ Climate Action Summit in […]

Grinnell College has signed an agreement to buy solar generated power to provide around 30 percent of its electricity needs on campus. The cochair of the schools’s Sustainability Committee, Chris Bair, says Trusted Energy is […]

The wealthiest Iowan has reportedly made a significant addition to his fortunes. Forbes magazine shows only one Iowan on its list of the 400 richest Americans, Harry Stine, who founded Stine Seed in the 1950s. […]